The Athens Messenger Establishment and Advertiser Details
The Athens Messenger reports weekly publication with a listing of staff and associations. It notes affiliations with the American Newspaper Publishers Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations, plus distribution and subscription rates.
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Sunda
Atmene Meske
Phix Rive Co
Shakies Bartle, An
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Obie
Audit Bureau
Cirepietion Associated Ohio Dailies
John Woulten
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Hope for Republicans in History Says Not Dead Yet
Historian Dr. Charles A. Beard argues in a popular magazine that the Republican Party is not dead after the Roosevelt revolution. In examining past upheavals in 1800 and 1828 he notes war and economic growth restored opposing powers, and he warns a Pacific war could shape future outcomes.
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Charles A. Beard
Thomas Jefferson
White House
Andrew Jackson
Doctor Beard
Republican Party
Buy at Home Ohio Consumers urged to keep sales tax local
An Ohio argument promotes buying at home to fund local government, schools, and pensions. It warns that purchasing out of state shifts tax income away from needed services and that the levy will be small per person, with property taxes declining overall. It calls for an education campaign to encourage local spending.
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Ohio
Marietta Faces Route 50 Change and Tourist Appeal
The piece argues Marietta should worry about Route 50 realignment with Athens and Parkersburg. It notes motorists seek novelty and that Parkersburg benefited from a northern shift, while Athens stayed on No 50. It praises Marietta Washington County highways and tourist appeal.
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Athens
Parkersburg
Marietta
West
Washington County
Ohio
Middle West
Indiana bill targets damage suits for breach of promise
Roberta Nicholson, an Indiana Legislature member and Meredith Nicholson’s daughter in law, proposes a bill to Criminalize filing or aiding breach of promise or alienation of affection suits. She argues heart balm claims are unethical, often blackmail, with no legal property right in love.
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Roberta Nicholson
Indiana
Meredith Nicholson
Moments of Peace Amid The District’s History
The passage evokes a longing for simple living, fishing, hunting, and clean waters, contrasting it with centuries of white settlement shaping the district’s civilization and hinting that civilization could yield a gentler, more restorative path.
New Dealers applaud December January industrial surge
Paul Mallon notes a statistical jubilee in Washington over December and January business data. Industrial production jumped sharply, led by automobile output, boosting steel, tires, glass and related sectors. Detroit employment surged, and analysts expect continued, though uneven, gains into spring amid potential auto strikes and code renewals.
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Paul Mallon Washington
Detroit
Police in Shantung Target Old Custom Queues
Police in Shantung cut off queues from Chinese adherents of the old custom. In brief, they explain the measure is to cut the tale short of the practice.
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Shantung
World End Predictions Spark Trouble Ahead
Wilbur Glenn Voliva warns of widespread trouble this year claiming the world ended last fall. A New York doctor recently outlined a model parent, with some children thought to have encouraged the claim.
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Wilbur Glenn Voliva
New York
Ben Franklin’s views on civilization versus happiness in 1935 life
A reflective piece contrasts Franklin’s critique of artificial wants with the modern 1935 era. It notes both civilized and uncivilized trouble, from radio crooners to Hollywood, motor accidents, and legislative folly, urging continued growth while discarding needless foolishness.
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Ben Franklin
Franklin
Hollywood
Ice blocks Ohio River halting ferry and riverboat traffic
The river froze across the Ohio River affecting cross river ferry and riverboat operations. In other news Jack Dempsey announced plans to retire from boxing on May 2 and marry film actress Estelle Taylor.
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Ohio River
Jack Dempsey
Estelle Taylor
Jack Kearns
Dempsey
About Your Children About Your Children
Olive Roberts Barton advises mothers on preschool social choices for children around age four. If playmates at home prove unsuitable, consider careful changes to introduce compatible peers while guarding a child’s balance and conduct. The piece also warns against excessive interference and highlights disciplined parenting.
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Olive Roberts Barton
First Grand Jury and Early County Roads in Hocking County
The 1818 grand jury in Hocking County listed Aaron Young as foreman and 12 others including Robert Watts and Isaac Peterson. By 1819 the county held sessions at Joseph Whipple’s home, Laurel Township trustees were elected, and roads were laid out with 40 foot rights of way. In 1820 Logan to Sunday Creek and Logan county-line routes were established as main roads, with tax levies and road tax allocations recorded for Falls Starr Eagle and Salt Creek townships.
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Hocking County
Aaron Young
Robert Watts
John Zellows
Fred Blrtcher
David Dutcher
Charles Westenhaver
Michael Warren
Charles Wright
Watson Peterson
George Hansell
Isaac Peterson
Samuel Moore
George Radbaugh
Coon Bryan
Cornelius Shoemaker
Joseph Whipple
Laurel
Frotegan
Jackson Tyne
Logan
Sunday Creek
Marietta
Chillicothe
David Johnson
Samuel Tannerill
Christopher Westernhaver
Falls
Starr
Eagle
Salt Creek
Fox Evidence prompts reader reply in Public Forum
Mrs. Chas. Quick of New Marshfield writes about Mr. Gillilan’s fox tale and chicken predation. She praises fox hunting done to defend farms, rejects dog pack werewolves, and urges action against foxes harming poultry.
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the Messenger
Journeyman by Erskine Caldwell review shocks readers
The review praises Caldwell's Journeyman for exposing dark rural Georgia life through a wandering preacher who swindles and lusts yet enthralls locals with fiery revival. It commends the author’s diabolic detail, detached tone, and blunt humor, noting the book’s startling portrayal of subhuman strata and emotional impact.
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Erskine Caldwell
Mr. Caldwell
Georgia
Elmer Gantry
St. Thomas Aquinas
Hill-Billies
Toa
Yesterday and Today in Waller Texas and Political Emblems
Reading notes describe a pay-what-you-want God’s Mercy Store in Waller Texas with a dozen staff. It also recounts origin stories for the Democratic rooster emblem linked to Joseph Chapman of Greenfield Indiana and mocks party symbols alongside a historical note on Wilhelm Baron von Humboldt and Karoline von Dachrodern marriage in 1791.
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Indus- Pay- Dept
Waller
Texas
God's Mercy
Democratic Party
Joseph Chapman
Greenfield
Hancock County
Indiana
Chapman
Thomas Nust
Tammany Hall
Wilhelm Baron von Humboldt
The Baron Surname In a Grim Humboldt Tale
An odd fragment describes a Baron and his wife The Baroness with a death and a surviving husband. It mentions a Humboldt figure writing a long poem of 100 lines about a dead wife and placing it in a grave at Tegel. It ends with a note about a highway in the world tomorrow.
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Humboldt
Tegel
Prussia
Silken Spindles begin here with Gale Henderson in mill life
Gale Henderson, her brother Phil, and their invalid father Steve Meyers work at a mill. Gale attracts Brian Westmore while Vicky Thatcher schemes for him. A street fight between Phil and Ed Vogel ends with police intervention as Gale navigates new relationships and a looming decision about marriage.
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Gale Henderson
An Sik
Phil
Steve Meyers
Gale
Brian Westmore
Brian
Paris
Vicky Thatcher
Robert Thatcher
Vicky
Phil Henderson
ED Vogel
Vogel
Ruby
Blanche Ryan
Blanche
Ed V
Tew
Ruby Griffith
Mill
Josie Gridley
Fragmented 1935 story about Josie Gale and Westmore
Nonsensical OCR fragment shows characters Josie Gale and Mr Westmore in a workplace setting. Dialogue hints at longing and work delays. Scene mentions machines and thread, with unclear plot progression and many garbled lines.
Factors in High Blood Pressure and Diet
Dr Morris Fishbein reviews five groups of factors in rising blood pressure including circulating substances, nervous system stimuli, vascular mechanisms, infections and sensitivities, and constitutional factors. He notes guanidine and cholesterol may influence pressure, while alcohol and tobacco effects vary by gender. gland secretions such as adrenaline and pituitrin also play a role.
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Morris Fishgein
Norma Patie
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Charlies Walsh
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Mildred Church
Lillian Landis
Oak Street
Athens Cemetery Association
J. B. Allen
O. B. Sloane
J. A. Palmer
D. C. Cornwell
Dr. C. 8. McDougall
Field Scott
Link Duncan
City Water Works
J. Maurice Hyde
Clark Kenney
Howard Kenney
Mechanicsburg
Supreme Court
Columbus
Athens Opera House
James B. Golden
W. B. Golden
Tulsa
Okla
Mary
John
Johnny
National Defense
U.S
Burton K. Wheeler
Jimmy Walker
the Public Forum
Mr. Fox
Gilblan
Chas. Quick
New Marshfield, R.F.D
Hitler
Paul Hutchinson
EARLY
Utah
Ye Bresee
Missoula
Montana
God's Mercy Store
Josie
H’lo
Thatcher
Bill Keeley
Bill
Westmore
Laura Lou
NEA
Weill
Shatcher
Mr. Westmore
Abe
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